Muhsen AlMustafa, a researcher assistant in civil-military relations at the Omran Center for Strategic Studies, explained the phrase in the last clause to mean that anyone who meets the conditions listed at the end of the third clause will not need a new administrative order to be covered by the demobilization decision.

He told Enab Baladi that the other clauses of the administrative order did not make much difference in terms of details, since the reserve officers in the regime’s army are mostly holders of advanced degrees or university majors requiring five years of study, and therefore their numbers are not significantly large.

The researcher linked the latest administrative order to the changes that began to appear in the regime’s military institution since last year, pointing to the trend toward creating a “professional army” and addressing the issue of reserve service, which has been a major reason behind the migration of young people from regime-held areas. According to AlMustafa, the third clause of this order complements Legislative Decree No. 37 of 2023, which allowed those liable for reserve service over the age of 40 to pay a financial substitute to avoid serving in the reserves.